UFC on ESPN 68 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dustin Jacoby's $16,000 tops card

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UFC on ESPN 68 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dustin Jacoby's $16,000 tops card
LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 68 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $121,500.
The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.
UFC on ESPN 68 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 68 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Mateusz Gamrot: $11,000 def. Ludovit Klein: $11,000
Ramiz Brahimaj: $6,000 def. Billy Ray Goff: $4,000
Dustin Jacoby: $16,000 def. Bruno Lopes: $4,000
Ketlen Vieira: $11,000 def. Macy Chiasson: $11,000
Zachary Reese: $4,500 def. Dusko Todorovic: $6,000
Allan Nascimento: $4,500 def. Jafel Filho: $4,500
Jordan Leavitt: $6,000 def. Kurt Holobaugh: $6,000
Bolaji Oki: $4,000 def. Michael Aswell: $4,000
Alice Ardelean: $4,000 def. Rayanne dos Santos: $4,000
Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program's payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum's multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,680; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $32,000 while title challengers get $42,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-68 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $2,902,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $33,920,000